Warm-summer humid continental
Kemmerer, Wyoming
Lincoln County, Wyoming · Population 2.8k · 6,959 ft elevation
Living in Kemmerer
Kemmerer has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 2°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 9″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (50″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 10 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Kemmerer is an outdoor hub: about 62% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,600 ft around town.
Kemmerer at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 6,959 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 22°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 9″2th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 50″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,056 hrs72th percentile
- Median AQI
- 101th percentile
- Median home value
- $173k26th percentile
- Median rent
- $739/mo7th percentile
- Median household income
- $74k49th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.59%16th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 76%4th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.837th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5212th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9493th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 56%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 62%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,575 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 2°F | 0.7″ | 11.6″ | 191 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 3°F | 0.6″ | 9.6″ | 186 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 13°F | 0.7″ | 6.1″ | 241 hrs |
| Apr | 52°F | 21°F | 0.7″ | 3.0″ | 255 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 31°F | 1.4″ | 1.4″ | 282 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 37°F | 0.9″ | 0.1″ | 344 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 42°F | 0.5″ | — | 371 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 41°F | 0.9″ | — | 336 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 32°F | 1.0″ | 0.4″ | 282 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 23°F | 0.8″ | 1.8″ | 228 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 13°F | 0.7″ | 6.2″ | 179 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 3°F | 0.7″ | 9.5″ | 161 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology